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I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.# W# ?+ @) C6 g6 J! L2 r% ]
我在「塔杰」商店閒逛時，看到收銀員將一些錢退還給小男孩。
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The boy couldn ' t have been more than 5 or 6 years old.* x T& ]9 z1 j
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這男孩不過5、6歲。$ X$ A% x* }' l; Z$ E) S
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& r' i8 s0 z( p- C! l5 a5 GThe Cashier said, ' I ' m sorry, but you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll. '* } M7 J0 j) g" S. W; o g0 {2 L0 J
收銀員說：『抱歉！你買這娃娃的錢不夠。』
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4 Z& }! b' E- K% d# B P, X; gThen the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ' ' Granny,8 i" q- a" t) s P% z
are you sure I don ' t have enough money? ' '' X4 C1 L3 w' w, @ g! ^
小男孩轉向他旁邊的老婦人：
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/ q( ^3 c6 {1 D* |5 H' [「奶奶！妳也認為我的錢不 嗎？」
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The old lady replied: ' ' You know that you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll, my dear. ' '
! r/ G0 h3 j# e6 s. }% l O老婦人回道：「親愛的！你知道買這個娃娃的錢是不夠的。」& J# m& a( H7 l- H; n
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5 L+ S. h4 A! D; ~; s6 c; GThen she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly.
3 D4 P: y4 s$ E0 y ^. e她要小男孩呆在那裡5分鐘，她一下就回來。 她迅速離開了。
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& z/ K8 P8 k; I+ j$ U" }The little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.
; L, q2 a+ c( ~2 x小男孩的手仍然握著娃娃。
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Finally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to.
4 s: L! K; o' C. h0 H3 J最後我向他走去，問他這個娃娃你想給誰。 % o' r: A9 w; B- E' G* s
( ]) j! I' v1 }, ?3 @- B'It ' s the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for Christmas.
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She was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her. '
5 h0 y5 u% Y1 i3 ?7 N L$ H她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」' i! s) _/ g$ h( D2 g
I replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.
) L$ l( k. Y* C |: D7 P我告訴他不用擔心，聖誕老人最後可能會帶給她的。
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But he replied to me sadly. ' No, Santa Claus can ' t bring it to her where she is now. I have to give the doll to my mommy so that she can give it to my sister when she goes there. '6 V0 J$ h9 [. q6 F
但他哀傷地回答我『不！聖誕老人不可能將它帶到她現在的地方給她。我必須將娃娃交給我媽，當她去那裡的時候可以給我妹妹。』
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F' ]1 J; c. _" DHis eyes were so sad while saying this. ' My Sister has gone to be with God. Daddy says that Mommy is going to see God very soon too, so I thought that she could take the doll with her to give it to my sister. ' '1 p N: C& f* B" Y/ M: L
他說話時的眼睛是哀傷的。『我妹妹已經和上帝在一起。爸爸說 媽媽很快也將要去見上帝，因此我認為她可以將娃娃帶給我妹妹。』
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My heart nearly stopped.+ ~6 |' Y W* g$ f: Q3 a- j
我的心臟幾乎要停止了。
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The little boy looked up at me and said: ' I told daddy to tell mommy not to go yet. I need her to wait until I come back from the mall. '
6 i ]3 {$ u) \/ ~" S5 Q) A2 ?6 q小男孩看我說：『我叫爸爸告訴媽媽現在不要走，讓她等我從購物中心回來。』
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Then he showed me a very nice photo of himself. He was laughing. He then told me ' I want mommy to take my picture with her so she won ' t forget me. '- w3 V# {+ }' \
然後他拿出一張他自己非常漂亮的相片給我看。他笑著告訴我『我要媽媽帶著我的相片，這樣她就不會忘記我了。』3 W+ u7 z. J4 r+ ]; B- }
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'I love my mommy and I wish she didn ' t have to leave me, but daddy says that she has to go to be with my little sister. '
7 C U. w7 g* p3 k) U『我愛我的媽媽，我希望她不要離開我，但是爸爸說她必須去找我妹妹。』
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; |* w7 o) g% r( N6 v7 iThen he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.
' S- k U/ p4 D- L! Y/ o/ I然後他安靜地用哀傷的眼睛再看著娃娃。, e7 |( b. a5 _6 I5 d' I* }
( `0 d; z7 K& ^I quickly reached for my wallet and said to the boy. ' Suppose we check again, just in case you do have enough money for the doll! ' '
2 S: X: b4 p1 V9 ]9 F" x* X( m5 P我趕緊摸著錢包對小男孩說『我們再檢查一下，說不定您有足夠的錢買玩偶! 』8 w; ?+ W1 K9 s5 [' z7 R
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'OK ' he said, ' I hope I do have enough. ' I added some of my money to his without him seeing and we started to count it. There was enough for the doll and even some spare money.
, r! i' {( ?- t# a1 T5 x4 S『好呀！』他說『我希望有足夠的錢』。沒讓他看見，我塞了一些錢到他的錢包中，我們開始數錢。買娃娃的錢足 了，甚之還有剩餘呢。! n5 x; X* \$ S
, t- R k8 Y( P/ V* I) U$ KThe little boy said: ' Thank you God for giving me enough money! '* \+ J1 l- J) H! g7 Z
小男孩說：『謝謝上帝給了我足 的錢!』$ q1 K3 {* l3 G. N
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Then he looked at me and added, ' I asked last night before I went to sleep for God to make sure I had enough money to buy this doll, so that mommy could give it to my sister. He heard me! ' '4 W3 z' d @9 D n. l' I
然而他看著我補充說『昨晚睡前，我要求上帝讓我的錢能足夠買這個娃娃，因此媽媽能將它帶給我妹妹。祂聽見我了! 』
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! @1 |. `+ O3 r, M D$ @'I also wanted to have enough money to buy a white rose for my mommy, but I didn ' t dare to ask God for too much. But He gave me enough to buy the doll and a white rose. ' '+ F+ W7 K) y$ }" m! ?% e) K; J
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『我也想有足夠的錢買一朵白玫瑰給我媽媽，但我不敢要求上帝太多。但祂給的錢足 買娃娃和一朵白玫瑰了。』
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! [' D7 r, f8 Z" |+ N/ W) \1 j" \'My mommy loves white roses. '8 a- x5 ?# p0 s1 N
『我媽媽喜歡白玫瑰』。
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* }% n5 u7 k. a" zA few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket.
7 {0 b& l$ b3 \. o幾分鐘後，老婦人回來了。我也就提了購物籃離開了。
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E2 {; a& E' N4 x7 }I finished my shopping in a totally different state of mind from when I started.
" \- T# ]# A- m& _( e% g4 I" s" ]我從一開始就在完全不同的心境下購物。
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I couldn ' t get the little boy out of my mind.% @+ G7 T5 [3 {
小男孩一直無法離開我的心境。
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) w: I! E V* k. j6 f# dThen I remembered a local news paper article two days ago, which mentioned a drunk man in a truck, who hit a car occupied by a young
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8 C5 r {- m4 a. p+ }7 V% _我想起兩天前當地報紙的一篇文章，提及一位醉酒卡車司機，撞上了一輛載著年輕少婦和一個小女孩的汽車。
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The little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical
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life-sustaining machine, because the young woman would not be able to recover from the coma." H: T& n$ i4 q
小女孩當場死亡，母親呈現彌留狀態。 這個家庭必須決定是否要拔出維持生命機器的插管8 k4 z! v; b1 j5 x! ~ R( v
，因為年輕少婦不可能從昏迷中恢復。( Y! H% t r7 ?' u3 v
1 L0 i/ j# @2 A( h+ B* c5 k+ RWas this the family of the little boy?
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Two days after this encounter with the little boy, I read in the news paper that the young woman had passed away.
. z. Q* h% y/ {0 I' }$ O5 B, s+ c( S碰到小男孩的二天之後，我看了報紙年輕少婦過世了。
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' y b5 V" E( U6 U# \I couldn ' t stop myself as I bought a bunch of white roses and I went to the funeral home where the body of the young woman was for people to see and make last wishes before her burial.$ S- q$ S& N. m. e
我不自主的買了一束白玫瑰，來到喪家，年輕少婦的遺體在她埋葬前讓人瞻仰與最後許願。
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She was there, in her coffin, holding a beautiful white rose in her hand with the photo of the little boy and the doll placed over her chest.
% z5 D( e1 S* F/ J: y她在那裡，裝在棺木中，在她的手中握著一朵白玫瑰和小男孩的相片，娃娃則放置在她的胸口。
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- o1 D9 ~( v+ ~& C! @* Z- aI left the place, teary-eyed, feeling that my life had been changed for ever.. The love that the little boy had for his mother and his sister is) E& R) B7 Q9 C m9 y" }0 a1 [
still, to this day, hard to imagine.1 c& i- n. Y7 C% B$ E
我離開了這裡，眼淚奪眶而出，覺得我的人生已經永遠改變了。至今，小男孩對他母親和妹妹的愛，仍然難以想像。8 m( [( U: {4 l2 T) ^
$ F2 D E8 e' b8 t) z* lAnd in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him./ q. Z- I# ^/ g) d' h
就在一轉眼工夫，一位醉酒司機奪去了他的所有。 |
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